NWAWS

NWA Women’s Shelter Announces New President Intentional Shift as Organization Plans for New Growth and Success Rogers, AR—Since early 2017, the NWA Women’s Shelter Board of Directors has been focused on investing in leadership in order to see the organization…

Jordan was 9 when he and his 5-year-old sister, Susie, started coming to an outreach group at the shelter. In the first several child support groups Jordan attended, he glorified his dad’s aggressive and abusive behaviors. He had learned that…

Community supporters and sponsors like you helped to raise over $100,000 at the 7th Fresh StART Art Auction presented by Mars, Inc. This equates to 1,000 nights of safety for our neighbors in NWA. During the event, Wendy, a courageous…

Deanah Baker, SVP-GMM, Apparel at Walmart, has been volunteering for the NWA Women’s Shelter as an active member of the Board of Directors since early 2016. She currently serves on the Fresh StART committee and, along with Megan Crozier, she…

Handworks When our new friends at Handworks learned that our shelter was at full capacity and running out of toilet paper, they decided to kick off their NWAWS partnership with a toilet paper drive. Donors who dropped of toilet paper…

June saw several local individuals and businesses raising support for NWAWS in very unique ways. Read below to hear their stories and how they made an impact. Mom But So Much More: The Fashion Show Our friends at Gap organized…

For the second year in a row, Regina and Burke Gower combined their fitness and cycling interests through organizing a ride to benefit the Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter (NWAWS): Bikes, Brews and No Abuse. This year, the ride was around…

Donor Highlight: Michelle Dearing, Co-Founder, Midtown Associates at NWA Realty Group Michelle’s Story: I unexpectedly found myself in a position of being a single mother with two young children (ages 1 and 7, at the time). I had an education…

On May 19, 2016 we announced that if we did not raise $150,000 in the following six weeks, we would close our doors. Graciously, our community stepped up and donated the funds necessary to keep our doors open. Individuals, companies,…